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• 7270-63-5 5-diazo-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dion 
• 67-64-1 acetone 

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Wavelength-dependent photochemistry of diazo Meldrum's acid and its spirocyclic isomer, diazirino Meldrum's acid: Wolff rearrangement versus isomerization

Photoreaction of diazo Meldrum's acid (1) shows a unique wavelength selectivity. At 254 nm it results in efficient (φ254 = 0.34) Wolff rearrangement, while irradiation with 355 nm light leads to a completely different process, isomerization into corresponding cyclic α,α″-dicarbonyl diazirine 2 (φ350 = 0.024). UV photolysis of diazirine 2 is accompanied by two competing processes: loss of nitrogen followed by the Wolff rearrangement and isomerization into diazo compound 1. Thermal decomposition of 1 leads to clean Wolff rearrangement, while heating of 2 causes quantitative conversion into diazo isomer 1. Copyright

Chemistry of diazocarbonyl compounds: XXV. Comparative photochemistry of diazo compounds and sulfur ylides of the 1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione series

Photochemical decomposition of 2,2-dialkyl-5-diazo-1,3-dioxane-4,6-diones in the presence of pyridine, methanol, or dimethyl sulfide as carbene traps involves mainly the Wolff rearrangement which is likely to follow a concerted pattern, while the yield of the "carbene" products does not exceed 27-28%. No carbene intermediates are formed in the photolysis of the corresponding dioxo sulfonium ylides under analogous conditions, and the main photochemical process is 1,2-methyl shift (Stevens rearrangement), followed by photochemical transformations of the primary products according to the Norrish type II pattern. Pleiades Publishing, Inc., 2006.

Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Reversible Interconversion, Thermal Reactions, and Wavelength-Dependent Photochemistry of Diazo Meldrum's Acid and Its Diazirine Isomer, 6,6-Dimethyl-5,7-dioxa-1,2-diaza-spiro[2,5]oct-1-ene-4,8-dione

The photochemical or thermal decomposition of diazo Meldrum's acid (1) in methanolic solutions yields ketoester 3a, the product of the Wolff rearrangement, while products produced from the singlet carbene were not detected. This observation, combined with the analysis of activation parameters for the thermal decomposition of 1, as well as with the results of DFT B3PW91/6-311+G(3df,2p) and MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ//B3PW91/6-311+G(3df,2p) calculations, allows us to conclude that the Wolff rearrangement of 1 is a concerted process. The outcome of the photolysis of diazo Meldrum's acid depends on the wavelength of irradiation. Irradiation with 254 nm light results in an efficient (Φ254 = 0.34) photo-Wolff reaction, while at 355 nm, the formation of diazirine 2 becomes the predominant process (Φ 350 = 0.024). This unusual wavelength selectivity indicates that Wolff rearrangement and isomerization originate from different electronically excited states of 1. The UV irradiation of diazirine 2 leads to the loss of nitrogen and the Wolff rearrangement, apparently via a carbene intermediate. This process is accompanied by a reverse isomerization to diazo Meldrum's acid. Triplet-sensitized photolysis of both isomers results in the formation of Meldrum's acid, the product of a formal reduction of 1 and 2. Mild heating of diazirine 2 produces quantitative yields of diazo Meldrum's acid. The activation parameters for thermal reactions of diazo 1 and diazirino 2 isomers were determined in aqueous and dioxane solutions.

Reaction of Dicarbomethoxycarbene with Acetaldehyde and Simple Ketones

Singlet dicarbomethoxycarbene reacts with acetaldehyde to give dioxolane 8, the ultimate product of formation of ylide 10 and subsequent addition of a second molecule of aldehyde.Photosensitized generation of the carbene gives increased hydrogen abstraction and decreased products derived from the ylide.Replacement of the aldehyde with a ketone changes the course of the reaction and dioxolanes (11, 20, and 26) become the major products.Suggestions are made for the mechanisms of the singlet and triplet reactions and for the peculiar behavior of acetone in which generation of singlet and triplet carbene gives the same product slate.

PHOTOLYSIS OF 5-DIAZO-2,2-DIMETHYL-4,6-DIOXO-1,3-DIOXANE (DIAZOISOPROPYLIDENEMALONIC ACID)

The principal pathway in the photochemical (λ > 210 nm) transformation of 5-diazo-2,2-dimethyl-4,6-dioxo-1,3-dioxane in an aqueous medium (or in methanol) is splitting out of nitrogen and the Wolff rearrangement to give the stable 2,2-dimethyl-5-oxo-1,3-dioxolane-4-carboxylic acid (or its methyl ester), which undergoes decarboxylation only at temperature above 150 deg C, whereas it undergoes hydrolysis to a hydroxymalonic acid in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid.